I am interested in the studying the biology of wild and elusive species using DNA as well as chemicals. For my PhD thesis, I am studying how adaptive variation, specifically immune gene variation is structured in tigers. I mine through whole genome resequencing data to understand evolutionary forces that have shaped diversity at immune genes. I am reconstructing the pedigree of a population of tigers in North Western India to track inbreeding and inbreeding depression over generations. Lastly, I am trying to identify odor cues for age, sex and health in tiger scats and urine to design an easy to use and inexpensive monitoring technique. I received a National Geographic Society grant to carry out this work.